Tag: Zamfara governor
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“Arrest persons rejecting old naira”- Zamfara gov orders security agents
Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has instructed the security agents to arrest anybody who refuses to recognize and accept old naira notes as legal tender in the state. Matawalle who gave the directive at a swearing-in ceremony of the new High Court Judges and Special Advisers held at the Government House Gusau on Friday said…
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Zamfara gov signs death penalty for kidnappers, bandits and cultism
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has signed into law a death penalty on anybody found guilty of banditry, cattle rustling, cultism, or serving as a bandits’ informant. He made the announcement in a broadcast to the people of the state on Tuesday morning. He said: “On the 28th of June this year, I assented…
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Insecurity: Zamfara governor wants state of emergency imposed on Northern Nigeria
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has called for a state of emergency in the northern part of the country over the security challenges in the region. He made the call on Wednesday at a meeting with the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 10, Ali Janga, at the Government House in Gusau, the…
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Defection to APC: PDP approaches court, seeks removal of Mattawalle as Zamfara governor
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to sack Zamfara Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle over his defection from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The request forms part of the reliefs being sought in a suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/489/2021 filed in the names of two PDP members from…
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Killings: Zamfara Governor Suspends Emir Of Zurmi
Zamfara State Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has approved the suspension of Emir of Zurmi, Atiku Abubakar Muhammad. This follows the killings in Kadawa village and allegations levelled against the Emir. Protesters, earlier in May burnt a section of the palace of the Emir of Zurmi, lamenting that security agents and the Emir, Atiku Abubakar, were…
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Fornication, other sins made God send Meningitis to punish Nigerians – Gov. Yari
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State has said that the outbreak of Type C Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the country was a direct punishment from God to the people of Nigeria for their various sinful acts. Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari He said that God had always sent strange illnesses which had no cure…